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10 Facts About Bobby Phills

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Bobby Ray Phills II was an American professional basketball player.

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Bobby Phills played shooting guard and small forward for the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets.

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Bobby Phills was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1991 NBA draft.

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Bobby Phills attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

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Bobby Phills led the NCAA in three-point field goals per game his senior year.

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In 1996, Michael Jordan remarked that Bobby Phills was the toughest defender he had ever faced.

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On January 12,2000, while a member of the Charlotte Hornets, Bobby Phills was killed in a car accident in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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8.

The drivers of the other two vehicles recovered, while Bobby Phills was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Bobby Phills played college basketball for the Yale Bulldogs and now plays for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League.

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Bobby Phills' jersey hung from the rafters of the Charlotte Coliseum until the team relocated to New Orleans in 2002; it was then displayed in the New Orleans Arena until 2013.